THE GREAT SPIRIT

"Our Religion is Found in the Traditions of Our Ancestors--the Dreams of Our Old Men, Given to them in the Solemn Hours of the Night by the Great Spirit; and the Visions of Our Shamans, and it is Written in the Hearts Our People."

One Day, about 20 Years Ago, I was Walking in the Woods near a Creek on a Property Owned by my Friend, Roger. It was a Beautiful, Unusually Warm November Day in Southern Iowa and I Felt a Strong Desire to Speak to the Grandfathers & Grandmother's and Ask Them to Bless the Spiritual Path that I had been Walking--at that time for well over 25 Years. I Verbally Spoke and Prayed Out Loud and Asked that they would Continue to Support Me as I Served the Earth
I Also Said: "If You have Heard My Prayers, Please Bless Me & Gift Me a Sacred Object, Like a Pipe, as a Sign that You have Heard Me.
I Then Entered into what I Now Know was a Trance-LIke State and the Scenery Around Me Began to Shift. The Creek Looked Slightly Different and the Water was Clearer.
I Found Myself Walking on a Rocky Sandbar and as I Looked into the Water at the Edge of the Creek I Noticed what Appeared to be a Bone. The "Bone" was Actually a 10,000 Year Old PIPE--A GIFT from the Ancestors!